Our heads have been up our asses for some time: we compete for who has the greener lawn, better partner, better car, the more popular friends. 

We hate perfectly-friendly people based on just one of their political views. 

We judge our friends online and feel bad when they have success. 

So how do we get our priorities back on track? 

“What Are We Smoking? We can become fully aware of stupid societal pressures that keep us on the hamster wheel. 

Society tricks you into wanting things you don’t need. It’s that dopamine rush you get from buying a new coffee-maker on Amazon, or getting more likes on that post about your breakfast, or showing the world how many points your kid scored in the 7th grade semifinal. 
Keeping score off the court is bad. 

It’s not about how much we produce, it’s about the quality of our production.

It’s not about what you do online as much as what you do in real life. 
Digital friends are just 1’s and 0’s in a code. Real friends come to your bon fire and provide free therapy.
 
The big question is...what do we really want?

In the meantime, we gotta ask ourselves, “what are we smoking?”

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Mixed and engineered by Spatola
Mastered by Justin Perkins

What Are You Smoking?

ZINDA REINHARDT reigns over a No Man’s Land which she transforms into a Promised Land with her sweetness and playfulness. Her poetry draws landscapes of wonders, awe and encounters.

Troumli a vibration that hits like a drum, a healing electro ritual, providing treatment through trance, sensual, intense, with Zinda as Mistress of Ceremony.

Zinda

Troumli

“Cigano” is the lively, in love, forbidden Gypsy. He loves like every day is the last. But sometimes it is not enough; everything ends up exploding and the fire that once warmed hearts and souls is extinguished everywhere, forever.
Playing an instrument with funkariocas accents, Zinda Reinhardt sings of passion with with a light-hearted derision and surrounds the listener in the heat that was lost.

"Electro, smash pop and gypsy roots" (Tsugi)
“A blend of acid techno, jazz, percussion, trap and intoxication. A liturgy of the flesh and blood in the Gypsy language.” (Society)
“She is passionate about words, and their vibrations have a trance effect.” (Phenix webtv)

Cigano

CIGANO

NEWSKI - FRIEND ROCK

A revival of 90’s alternative, Wisconsin's off-kilter rock outfit NEWSKI enlists a friend/musical influence on every track for their new LP Friend Rock. From veterans like Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Brian Vander Ark (the Verve Pipe), Ryan Miller (Guster), Miles Nielsen, and Scott Terry (Red Wanting Blue) to overseas acts like H Burns (France), The Secret Beach (Canada), and The Shabs (South Africa), NEWSKI compiles an internationally collaborative album from his own tiny house in Wisconsin.  
The durable three-piece will hit American, European and South African highways for a 100 date touring year behind the new LP. Featuring Steve "Mr Bicep" Vorass on drums, Sean "Tubs" Anderson on 4-string & Brett Newski on guitars and vocals. 
 
NEWSKI has played with Pixies, Violent Femmes, Courtney Barnett, Gin Blossoms, Manchester Orchestra, Better than Ezra, Barenaked Ladies, & Nada Surf and has been featured in Rolling Stone, NPR, American Songwriter, SiriusXM, Boston Globe, NBC, Billboard and SPIN.

"You will leave their show thinking 'wow this is really not my thing', or 'THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE BAND." -Mike Mains
“I work at a venue, I’ve seen a million bands, I hate most of them, and I’m a grumpy fu#*. NEWSKI's live show is so great and well-dialed. He is great at what he does.” -Door Guy, Casbah, San Diego
"Showcases the unapologetically frank but not overly aggressive nature of 90s alt. rock perfectly." -American Songwriter
"I like the sound and the way he is forcing the world to contend with him." -Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes

TOUR DATES (round 1 for 2023)

3/29 - YPSILANTI, MI - Ziggys
3/30 - HAMILTON, ON - Mill’s Harbor
3/31 - TORONTO, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
4/1 - ELORA, ON - Elora Brewing Co
4/2 - BARRIE, ON - Queens Hotel
4/6 - STEVEN'S POINT, WI - UWSP Dreyfus Center

4/7 - MILWAUKEE, WI - Anodyne Walkers Point
4/8 - MANITOWOC, WI - Sabbatical Brewing
4/12 - CHICAGO, IL - Golden Dagger
4/13 - ST PAUL, MN - Turf Club
4/14 - APPLETON, WI - Appleton Beer Factory 

4/21 - COLUMBUS, OH - Rambling House Series
4/22 - YOUNGSTOWN, OH - Westside Bowl
4/26 - NYC - Bowery Electric
4/28 - WASHINGTON DC - Pearl St Warehouse
4/30 - RICHMOND, VA - Hardywood Brewing
5/5 - WEST DESTIN, FL - Rock by the Sea Fest
5/6 - WEST DESTIN, FL - Rock by the Sea Fest
5/20 - HAVANA, IL - Havana Songwriters Fest (solo)

5/23 - SEATTLE, WA - Fun House
5/24 - BEND, OR - Old St Francis School
5/25 - PORTLAND, OR - The White Eagle
5/27 - PORT ANGELES, WA - JFFA Festival 




More on FRIEND ROCK: We are nothing without our friends.

“Most of my friends I started with in music have since retired, which makes me feel like the world has turned and left me here. Collaborating with fellow “musician lifers” on this album made me feel less lonely and insane,” explains Newski. “It’s been neat to become pals with musical heroes from childhood.”

Some of the connections on Friend Rock were made during NEWSKI’s podcast “Dirt from the Road”, where guest musicians would have a laugh about their worst moments on the road.  
Social science research shows community and friendship are consistent common denominators in the happiest countries in the world. Belonging to the right tribe is a catalyst to health and longevity. Friend Rock is an ode to the power of community.  
A good friend is hard to find. So when you find those rare gems, you gotta keep them in your life.  


Video for “Chemicals” (feat Matthew Caws): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBqtbqNqoKc&feature=youtu.be

About the song/video: NEWSKI enlists one of his biggest musical influences, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf for call-and-answer lead vocals. “Chemicals” is a hard-driving indie-pop smasher that illuminates how love can be the strongest vice. 

The VHS style video time-travels NEWSKI into the past, where he punches Hitler, partying at Woodstock, joining the band Queen, and getting tracked by the CIA in the JFK debacle. 

 Official site: www.newskimusic.com

*The term “Friend Rock” was originally documented in a Sufjan Stevens interview when he was asked what music he was listening to…his friends bands.

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